by Kristie Gearhart

“Words Words Words”
Whatever.
Might as well call me Kafka,
Cause I ain’t no writer.
“K.K.K.K.K”
“Twenty lines of that shit and I went dry,
I got blocked. I felt like I was repeating myself.”
I’m just another fucking monkey with a keyboard.
Just a variable in the theorem.
None of the words I wrote before meant nothin.
And maybe when I’m done writing these pros,
The lights will fade,
And I can finally start writing Hamlet.

Kristie Gearhart is a Youngstown Native and student at Youngstown State University majoring in Interdisciplinary Art and minoring in Creative Writing. Kristie’s poem, “Wing Night” was featured in Jenny Magazine Issue 11 in 2016. Her artwork has been in several local exhibitions including the Bliss Kids Collective, IN THE RED, and The Soap Gallery’s all female show, TAKE IT. In her spare time, Kristie likes to bowl and binge watch Netflix TV series with her Chihuahua Batman.